Wyoming Game and Fish CommissionsNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Wyoming Game and Fish CommissionsWed, 26 Oct 2016 20:42:52 +0000Wyoming Game and Fish Commissionshttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org
Brooklynn GrayA new case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was found in a harvested mule deer buck 12 miles outside of Dubois this week. It was found in hunting area 128 and neighbors area 171 where CWD had been found earlier this year. According to Wyoming Game and Fish Wildlife supervisor in Lander, Jason Hunter, it’s not surprising that the disease has spread. “We have new, confirmed cases it seems about every year, every other year. You know, we have seen, since CWD was first documented in Wyoming, the spread to other deer and elk hunt areas, and there’s been a progression west over the years,” said Hunter. In the early stages, there are often no signs that a deer, elk, or moose has been infected. Drooping ears, thick saliva around the mouth, and a sickly appearance are all signs of the disease in the disease’s late stages. Hunter said one of his main tasks in helping to monitor the disease it to collect test samples. This can be done through testing road kill, hunter’s harvests they bring in,New CWD Case Near Duboishttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/new-cwd-case-near-dubois
96288 as http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgMon, 24 Oct 2016 18:03:05 +0000New CWD Case Near DuboisStephanie JoyceThe Wyoming Game and Fish Commission voted Monday to impose limits on what types of motorized craft can be used on Teton County’s Snake River, and when.Sections of the river passing through Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest were already closed to motorized use, but the section passing by Jackson was not. The new rules limit access to that part of the river. The Game and Fish commissioners voted to ban all personal watercrafts, like jet skis. Boaters with engines of 115 horsepower or less will still be able to use the river, but only between Labor Day and March 31.Rebecca Reimers is the executive director of the Snake River Fund. She says while the regulations are a compromise, they’re a pretty good one -- especially since they’ll keep motorboats off the river during peak season. “There are safety issues that are very real," Reimers says. "There are many, many people that float the river, in all kinds of crafts, from dories to inner tubes, and we just don’tCommission restricts motorized use of the Snake Riverhttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/commission-restricts-motorized-use-snake-river
47423 as http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgTue, 24 Sep 2013 23:46:42 +0000Commission restricts motorized use of the Snake River